448, Lot: 401. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 40-39 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.64 g, 6h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. The Pharos of Messana surmounted by statue of Neptune standing right, with foot on prow, holding trident and rudder; in foreground, galley to left, with aquila on prow and scepter, trident, and grappling-iron in stern / The monster Scylla left, her torso of dogs and fishes, wielding a rudder as a club with both hands. Cf. Crawford 511/4a-c; cf. CRI 335, 335a; Sydenham 1348; cf. RSC 2-2a-b; cf. RBW 1787. Toned, banker’s mark on obverse, areas of flat strike. VF.

Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange 113 (29 August 2000), lot 100.